United Nations – UN (AP)-The United States accused the President of Colombia on Friday of undermining the progress made to permanent peace and urged its government to make combating violence and drug trafficking by “Narko terrorism groups” priority.
US Ambassador Mike Waltz told a meeting of the United Nations Security Council that President Gustavo Petro’s policies in Colombia and around the world “frankly irresponsible failures” that prompted the country to increase instability and violence.
Relations between the United States and Colombia reached the lowest new level last week after Petro, a leftist, participated in a supporter protest of the Palestinians during the annual assembly of world leaders in the United Nations General Assembly. The US State Department canceled the Petro visa after the protest.
Petro has Anger senior American officials By depriving US delivery requests as well as criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration campaign and its efforts to combat drug trafficking in neighboring Venezuela.
The Security Council meeting was held with the Trump administration’s announcement Fourth fatal strike In the Caribbean Sea region on boats, she says she was running away from drugs. Petro was accused of the United States of “killing” and said that there was no “Narko terrorism” on the boats only “Caribbean’s poor youth.”
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The American ambassador said: “In recent months, Colombia has rocked the attacks of Narco terrorist groups on the Colombian security forces and civilians.” “Violence and drug trafficking committed by these arms groups, if left without deterrent, can spread and endanger the safety of Colombians, and the safety of everyone in the region, and certainly for the Americans.”
Waltz said that the United States urges the Colombia government to give priority to address this threat, adding that the administration is very concerned about the possibility of peace negotiations that these groups can give impunity.
The Security Council is monitoring the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the largest rebel group, or the revolutionary armed forces in Colombia, or Fark, at the request of the government. The agreement ended more than 50 years of war in which more than 220,000 people died and nearly 6 million people were displaced.
Waltz has warned the council that the Trump administration, which has rented the renewal of the United Nations political mission, is studying whether it deserves continuous support.
“Unfortunately, over time, the mandate of the mission has expanded to reflect excessive political priorities, including across national justice and support for ethnic groups of minorities,” Waltz said.
The United Nations Ambassador to Colombia, Leonor Zalawaba Torres, made a strong appeal to the Security Council for the renewal of the mandate, which ends on October 31.
Zalawaba Torres, who describes herself as an indigenous woman, said that the Petro government is committed to the 2016 Peace Agreement, especially the chapter that recognizes the original peoples and African origins “as a basic pillar to build a stable and complete peace.”
She said that real reconciliation will only come when the cultural and ethnic diversity is recognized in Colombia and there is justice.
The United Nations Secretary -General Miroslav Gina, who visited Colombia in September, told the Council on Friday that the unification of peace after decades of conflict “is a complex work and” the country’s entry “is a sensitive period.”
He referred to the presidential and legislative elections in May 2026, which he said increased tensions. Petro is forbidden to run for a second period. Jenča was recently appointed head of the United Nations mission in Bogota, a position that he will make later this month.